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Portugal should be more active in tackling foreign bribery, says OECD

29-Mar-2007

Portugal should raise awareness of foreign bribery in both the public and private sector and be more proactive in detecting, investigating and prosecuting cases of bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions, according to a report by the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery.

OECD welcomes China's new enterprise tax and property laws

27-Mar-2007

This report provides an assessment of new laws passed by China's National People's Congress abolishing tax incentives for foreign investment and giving equal rights to public and private property. It updates the analysis of the country's regulatory framework for investment in the 2006 OECD Investment Policy Review of China.

OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and Italy: Report on Progress of the implementation of the Phase 2 Recommendations since November 2004

27-Mar-2007

Follow-up Report on the Implementation by Italy of the Phase 2 Recommendations on the Application of the OECD Convention and the 1997 Revised Recommendation on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

OECD countries agree Principles for private sector role in infrastructure projects

26-Mar-2007

OECD countries have approved new principles to help governments in working with private sector partners to finance and bring to fruition major infrastructure projects in areas of vital economic importance such as transport, water and power supply and telecommunications.

OECD publishes list of measures reported for transparency under the National Treatment instrument

19-Mar-2007

Adherents to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises undertake to notify the Organisation of all measures which have a bearing on National Treatment. This report publishes the country lists of measures other than “exceptions to national treatment” notified for transparency purposes as of February 2007.

OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and Norway: Report on Progress of the implementation of the Phase 2 Recommendations since April 2004

20-Mar-2007

Follow-up Report on the Implementation by Norway of the Phase 2 Recommendations on the Application of the OECD Convention and the 1997 Revised Recommendation on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

OECD to conduct a further examination of UK efforts against bribery

14-Mar-2007

At its March 2007 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery reaffirmed its serious concerns about the United Kingdom’s discontinuance of the BAE Al Yamamah investigation and outlined continued shortcomings in UK Anti-Bribery legislation.

More effort needed to reach foreign aid targets, says OECD Report

22-Feb-2007

Aid donors will have to increase funding for aid programmes faster that any other public expenditure in order to fulfil their commitments to increase aid to $130 billion and double aid to Africa by 2010, says the OECD’s Development Co-operation Report. Aid funding, recently rising by 5% per year, would have to rise by 11% every year from 2008 to 2010.

Implementing OECD's Policy Framework for Investment

09-Feb-2007

Adopted in May 2006, the Policy Framework for Investment (PFI) was designed as a flexible instrument that governments can adapt to their specific circumstances, objectives and needs while at the same time providing a common platform for dialogue and peer learning. The PFI is being put into action through regional investment initiatives, investment policy peer reviews, and by international organisations working with developing countries.

Poland should strengthen corporate liability laws that apply to foreign bribery

01-Feb-2007

Poland should strengthen its corporate liability laws and close a significant loophole that makes it difficult to prosecute companies that bribe foreign public officials, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.

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